Ransom, revenge, and heroic identity in the Iliad /

Ransom, revenge, and heroic identity in the Iliad /

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Wilson offers a fundamentally new reading of the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilleus, presenting a detailed anthropology of compensation in Archaic Greece, and demonstrating how the struggle over definitions was a central feature of elite competition for status in the fluid ranking system of Hom...

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Main Author: Wilson, Donna F., 1953-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Homer. > Iliad.
Agamemnon, > King of Mycenae (Mythological character) > In literature.
Achilles > (Mythological character) > In literature.
Iliad (Homer)
Epic poetry, Greek > History and criticism.
Trojan War > Literature and the war.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Revenge in literature.
Heroes in literature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:CONNECT
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Summary:Wilson offers a fundamentally new reading of the quarrel between Agamemnon and Achilleus, presenting a detailed anthropology of compensation in Archaic Greece, and demonstrating how the struggle over definitions was a central feature of elite competition for status in the fluid ranking system of Homeric society.
Item Description:EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 236 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-227) and indexes.
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